Best Bowling Strike Rate in T20

Best Bowling Strike Rate in T20 is the definitive measure of a bowler's "wicket-taking speed," representing the average number of deliveries bowled for every wicket taken. Calculated as Total Balls Bowled ÷ Total Wickets Taken, this metric focuses purely on the frequency of dismissals rather than run-scoring, making it the most vital statistic for defining an "attacking bowler."
In T20 Internationals (T20I), the record is consistently dominated by elite spinners like Afghanistan's Rashid Khan and Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga, who maintain strike rates in the 12.0 to 13.0 range—meaning they claim a wicket roughly every two overs. In the global T20 circuit, power-bowlers with lethal yorkers also feature prominently due to their high impact in the death overs. As of 2026, a career strike rate below 15.0 is the gold standard for excellence, identifying bowlers who possess the rare ability to consistently break partnerships and provide critical breakthroughs under pressure.

RANK 1

Dhruv Maisuria

BTS

Wkts

RANK 2

Anas Khan

Wkts

RANK 3

Syazrul Idrus

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Wkts

Rank	Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Balls	Runs	Wkts	AVG	Econ	SR	Bbi	Bbm	4w	5w
1	Dhruv Maisuria BTS	45	43	151.3	909	830	82	10.12	5.47	11	5/18	5/18	4	2
2	Anas Khan HK	28	24	75.2	452	450	41	10.97	5.97	11	6/12	6/12	1	1
3	Syazrul Idrus	33	31	97.4	586	686	51	13.45	7.02	11.4	7/8	7/8	2	1
4	Nalin Nipiko VAN	39	31	94.1	565	771	49	15.73	8.18	11.5	5/19	5/19	5	1
5	Nathan Gilchrist	21	20	56.2	338	586	29	20.2	10.4	11.6	4/42	4/42	1	0
6	Trevor Garwe	38	32	83.4	502	686	41	16.73	8.19	12.2	5/20	5/20	2	1
7	Bamanye Xenxe	33	29	79.3	477	658	39	16.87	8.27	12.2	4/25	4/25	4	0
8	Matthew Foster	22	21	63.4	382	621	31	20.03	9.75	12.3	4/30	4/30	2	0
9	Sahir Naqash	38	31	89.3	537	660	43	15.34	7.37	12.4	3/24	3/24	0	0
10	Iqbal Hussain	22	22	79	474	604	38	15.89	7.64	12.4	4/16	4/16	2	0
11	Brad Evans ZIM	54	51	178.1	1069	1297	85	15.25	7.27	12.5	5/24	5/24	4	1
12	Adeesha Thilanchana	30	26	66.4	400	477	32	14.9	7.15	12.5	3/17	3/17	0	0
13	Josh Tongue ENG	21	21	60.5	365	552	29	19.03	9.07	12.5	3/21	3/21	0	0
14	Hernan Fennell	38	37	124	744	746	59	12.64	6.01	12.6	6/18	6/18	2	2
15	Himanshu Rathod	23	23	76.1	457	487	36	13.52	6.39	12.6	4/29	4/29	1	0
16	Love Ablish	22	22	76	456	499	36	13.86	6.56	12.6	5/6	5/6	0	2
17	Kalana Perera	29	25	73.3	441	488	35	13.94	6.63	12.6	3/10	3/10	0	0
18	Alistair Gray	22	21	59.5	359	432	28	15.42	7.22	12.8	4/24	4/24	1	0
19	Malinda Pushpakumara	73	68	237.4	1426	1536	110	13.96	6.46	12.9	5/13	5/13	3	1
20	Darshan Nalkande	57	57	189.4	1138	1624	88	18.45	8.56	12.9	5/9	5/9	3	2
21	Joe Burrows	27	26	75.4	454	585	35	16.71	7.73	12.9	4/10	4/10	2	0
22	Himesh Ramanayake	23	23	68.5	413	500	32	15.62	7.26	12.9	4/31	4/31	1	0
23	Cheepurapalli Stephen	52	51	188.3	1131	1336	87	15.35	7.08	13	5/10	5/10	4	2
24	Ahsan Malik	46	43	146.1	877	1022	67	15.25	6.99	13	5/19	5/19	3	1
25	Tyrone Kane IRE	48	35	93.1	559	752	43	17.48	8.07	13	5/22	5/22	1	1
26	Mirza Mohammed Baig	34	28	82.3	495	616	38	16.21	7.46	13	4/17	4/17	2	0
27	Chamika Gunasekara	25	23	65.1	391	439	30	14.63	6.73	13	4/9	4/9	2	0
28	Mihlali Mpongwana	29	23	54.1	325	467	25	18.68	8.62	13	3/14	3/14	0	0
29	Jandre Coetzee	77	75	270	1620	1600	123	13	5.92	13.1	5/10	5/10	1	1
30	Shiran Fernando	36	33	102.5	617	778	47	16.55	7.56	13.1	4/19	4/19	1	0
31	Vinodh Perera	25	23	70.2	422	605	32	18.9	8.6	13.1	4/37	4/37	1	0
32	Don Radebe	25	24	83.5	503	679	38	17.86	8.09	13.2	5/25	5/25	1	1
33	T Ravi Teja	42	40	142.2	854	1106	64	17.28	7.77	13.3	6/13	6/13	3	1
34	Dilesh Gunaratne	27	27	84.3	507	568	38	14.94	6.72	13.3	3/12	3/12	0	0
35	Junaid Dawood	25	24	78	468	575	35	16.42	7.37	13.3	5/30	5/30	0	1
36	Muthumudalige Pushpakumara	28	20	62.3	375	417	28	14.89	6.67	13.3	4/18	4/18	2	0
37	Abass Gbla	42	31	83.1	499	527	37	14.24	6.33	13.4	5/16	5/16	1	1
38	Kabua Morea PNG	23	23	78.2	470	557	35	15.91	7.11	13.4	5/9	5/9	2	1
39	Delorn Johnson	21	21	71.5	431	552	32	17.25	7.68	13.4	5/5	5/5	0	1
40	Arzan Nagwaswalla	46	46	163	978	1214	72	16.86	7.44	13.5	6/13	6/13	2	2
41	Kenneth Waiswa UGA	82	40	108.2	650	791	48	16.47	7.3	13.5	4/14	4/14	2	0
42	Yogesh Nagar	55	21	47.3	285	350	21	16.66	7.36	13.5	3/13	3/13	0	0
43	Scott Currie	71	70	225.2	1352	1950	99	19.69	8.65	13.6	4/24	4/24	5	0
44	Lorne Burns	33	33	118.4	712	650	52	12.5	5.47	13.6	5/11	5/11	0	1
45	Makoto Taniyama	38	36	86.4	520	471	38	12.39	5.43	13.6	4/19	4/19	1	0
46	Will Rhodes	70	42	82.1	493	741	36	20.58	9.01	13.6	4/34	4/34	1	0
47	Dave Mohammed	27	25	75.2	452	457	33	13.84	6.06	13.6	5/8	5/8	1	1
48	Tharanga Lakshitha	27	25	70.3	423	569	31	18.35	8.07	13.6	5/16	5/16	2	1
49	Alindile Mhletywa	22	20	59.1	355	571	26	21.96	9.65	13.6	3/19	3/19	0	0
50	Abbas Afridi	99	97	303.3	1821	2770	132	20.98	9.12	13.7	5/47	5/47	3	1
51	Ben Green	90	82	241.1	1447	2243	105	21.36	9.3	13.7	5/29	5/29	5	2
52	Anshul Kamboj	51	51	165.1	991	1378	72	19.13	8.34	13.7	4/23	4/23	1	0
53	Chanaka Welegedara	38	38	133.1	799	867	58	14.94	6.51	13.7	4/2	4/2	1	0
54	Sachithra Serasinghe	40	33	96.1	577	684	42	16.28	7.11	13.7	5/22	5/22	2	1
55	Yash Thakur	73	73	248.3	1491	2008	108	18.59	8.08	13.8	5/16	5/16	5	2
56	Derrick Brangman BER	30	30	97	582	528	42	12.57	5.44	13.8	5/19	5/19	1	1
57	Sanjib Sanyal	23	22	74	444	454	32	14.18	6.13	13.8	3/15	3/15	0	0
58	Udith Madushan	24	22	66.5	401	459	29	15.82	6.86	13.8	3/17	3/17	0	0
59	Ali Dawood	77	77	274.4	1648	1696	118	14.37	6.17	13.9	7/19	7/19	6	1
60	Lukman Meriwala	72	71	253.3	1521	1833	109	16.81	7.23	13.9	5/8	5/8	1	3
61	Alpesh Ramjani UGA	70	68	240.1	1441	1168	103	11.33	4.86	13.9	5/17	5/17	4	1
62	Zak Chappell	68	67	216.2	1298	2050	93	22.04	9.47	13.9	5/23	5/23	2	1
63	Charles Perchard JER	59	56	195	1170	1223	84	14.55	6.27	13.9	5/17	5/17	3	1
64	Shaminda Eranga	37	37	135	810	941	58	16.22	6.97	13.9	4/18	4/18	3	0
65	Damien Ravu PNG	26	25	74.1	445	525	32	16.4	7.07	13.9	5/15	5/15	1	1
66	Atit Sheth	69	68	230	1380	1866	98	19.04	8.11	14	5/13	5/13	2	1
67	Ally Kimote	80	74	207.4	1246	1423	89	15.98	6.85	14	4/13	4/13	2	0
68	Ziyaad Abrahams	35	34	114.2	686	970	49	19.79	8.48	14	5/34	5/34	1	1
69	Mushtaq Ahmed	29	28	98.3	591	580	42	13.8	5.88	14	5/11	5/11	1	1
70	Joseph Yovich	30	25	77.3	465	663	33	20.09	8.55	14	4/36	4/36	1	0
71	Sam Wells	37	21	44.2	266	395	19	20.78	8.9	14	4/24	4/24	1	0
72	Kaleem Sana CAN	49	48	162.5	977	1029	69	14.91	6.31	14.1	4/17	4/17	6	0
73	Sayed Monib KUW	44	41	127.2	764	1108	54	20.51	8.7	14.1	4/16	4/16	1	0
74	Sachindu Colombage	37	36	120	720	766	51	15.01	6.38	14.1	3/8	3/8	0	0
75	Ramandeep Singh	99	39	80.2	482	726	34	21.35	9.03	14.1	3/20	3/20	0	0
76	Gideon Peters	25	24	80	480	654	34	19.23	8.17	14.1	3/23	3/23	0	0
77	James Anyon	26	24	70.3	423	587	30	19.56	8.32	14.1	3/6	3/6	0	0
78	Udara Jayasundera	55	25	63.5	383	447	27	16.55	7	14.1	4/16	4/16	2	0
79	Roscoe Thattil	31	21	61.1	367	438	26	16.84	7.16	14.1	5/23	5/23	0	1
80	Alankara Asanka Silva	47	45	152.2	914	987	64	15.42	6.47	14.2	4/13	4/13	3	0
81	Pulina Tharanga	64	49	138	828	948	58	16.34	6.86	14.2	3/4	3/4	0	0
82	Sahan Arachchige	90	53	123.1	739	890	52	17.11	7.22	14.2	4/8	4/8	1	0
83	Henry Thornton	36	36	120.5	725	1054	51	20.66	8.72	14.2	5/3	5/3	2	1
84	Muhammad Amir Azim	61	35	102	612	654	43	15.2	6.41	14.2	5/16	5/16	0	1
85	Nimesh Perera - jnr	46	32	100	600	688	42	16.38	6.88	14.2	4/26	4/26	2	0
86	Matt Dunn	25	25	73.3	441	679	31	21.9	9.23	14.2	3/8	3/8	0	0
87	Ashian Daniel	24	20	64	384	401	27	14.85	6.26	14.2	3/10	3/10	0	0
88	Ottniel Baartman	115	114	391.3	2349	2936	164	17.9	7.49	14.3	5/14	5/14	7	2
89	George Scrimshaw	67	67	229.1	1375	2086	96	21.72	9.1	14.3	4/19	4/19	1	0
90	Peter Langat	43	39	107.4	646	807	45	17.93	7.49	14.3	6/17	6/17	1	1